Prof. Dr.-Ing. Habil. Apostolos D. Papanikolaou is a professor em. NTUA and a visiting professor of the University of Strathclyde. He has headed more than 75 funded research projects and contributed to over 650 scientific publications dealing with the design and optimization of conventional and unconventional vessels, the hydrodynamics analysis of ships in calm water and seaways, the logistics-based ship design, the stability and safety of ships, and regulatory developments regarding maritime safety at IMO. He has received a series of international prize awards. He is a Fellow of SNAME, RINA, STG, Distinguished Foreign Fellow of JASNAOE.